31 CFR § 560.541 - Third-country diplomatic and consular funds transfers.

Date issued: Oct. 22 2012

TURBOFAC Commentary (191 words)

Notes:

1) Provision type common to all embargoes though with significant variations across programs. Compare the broader CACR version (515.579). Presumably, given that this is a separate subjection of the CACR version in addition to the "operating expenses" part, the "personal expenditures of the employees, grantees, and contractors, or persons who share a common dwelling as a family member of such employees, grantees, and contractors, of third-country official missions" would fall outside the scope of "operating expenses," as it appears here.

2) Unlike the SySR equivalent, this provision does not exclude the involvement of blocked persons, but the involvement of any person subject to a different sanctions program would not be authorized (e.g. a WMDPSR bank).

3) See statement of licensing policy for related "Iranian accounts" at 560.517(c).

4) See application at CASE No. IA-2012-296334-1.

5) This GL, on its face, appears to allow for the facilitation of underlying transactions that are not subject to the prohibitions of the ITSR. See General Note and Associated Matrix Pertaining to U.S. Person Engagement in Transactions Incident to Transactions by Foreign Persons (System Ed. Note).